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Geography Atlas. "Maputo." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/maputo.

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Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Maputo. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/maputo

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-maputo,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Maputo},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/maputo},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique, near the southern end of the country, within 120 kilometres of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa.

Facts

Population

1,088,449 1

Area (sq km)

347.69 1

Founding Year

1781 1

Population Estimate Year

2017 1

Elevation (m)

47 1

Latitude

25.96889 degrees south 1

Longitude

32.57333 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Source Maputo (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Maputo is the capital of Mozambique.

Source Maputo (Wikipedia)

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

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Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population figure

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1,088,449

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population year

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2017 census

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Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Area

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347.69 km2 (134.24 sq mi)

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, coordinates (latitude)

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25.96889°S 32.57333°E

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, coordinates (longitude)

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25.96889°S 32.57333°E

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Founded

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1781

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Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Elevation

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47 m (154 ft)

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Mozambique, Infobox, Country

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Mozambique

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1. Maputo (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationCapital Of: Mozambique, Lead section, capital fact

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Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique.

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